Content

Include 10 events from the Holocaust / WW II to create an interactive timeline on Meograph.

Text

Included a short description or title for  each event (moment).

Timeline

Include 10 specific dates (moments).  If you choose to highlight an important person in a certain event (moment), you may include a date that is meaningful to that person's contributions or actions.

Location

Make sure to include at least one map in one of the moments. Include relevant information (city, state, and/or country).

Images/Videos

Choose at least videos and images (pictures) to insert in your time line. 
Holocaust and WWII Presentations
Directions: It will be your group’s job to teach our class about your topic.  You should give us a brief overview--not make us experts.

YOUR SLIDES MAY BE ONLY TITLES AND PICTURES--NO WORDS.  Each person may have one notecard to aid in his/her presentation.  The idea is you are sharing what you know (researched) not reading off of a slide or notecard. Please see the rubric regarding using diverse media and presenting your information.

Kristallnacht
  1. Overview: what was Kristallnacht?
  2. Why did Henry Grynszpan shoot Ernst Von Rath?
  3. What did this cause?
  4. What was the actual date of Kristallnacht?
  5. Describe what happened the night of Kristallnacht using specific numbers (include synagogues, Jewish businesses, and Jewish people).
  6. What was the “aftermath”?  What restrictions were put on Jews after this night?
  7. Any other additional information or interesting facts?
Concentration Camps
  1. Overview: what were concentration camps
  2. Describe transportation (trains) to concentration camps
  3. Labor camps (describe the conditions)
  4. Extermination camps (describe the conditions)
  5. Auschwitz
  6. Death marches--what were they?Describe
  7. Liberation of concentration camps
  8. Any other additional information or interesting facts?
Ghettos
  1. Overview: what were ghettos
  2. Open ghettos
  3. closed ghettos
  4. Warsaw ghetto
  5. Daily life in a ghetto
  6. The deportation of children and elderly from the Lodz Ghetto
  7. Getting food in the ghetto
  8. Any other additional information or interesting facts
Holocaust and WWII Presentations
Holocaust Sl.8.4 Proficiency Scale
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1936 Olympics
  1. Overview of the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics
  2. Who was excluded from German sports (competing)
  3. Why did Jewish athletes from other countries choose to compete?
  4. Explain the Boycott movement and why it failed.
  5. Which country did the best in the 1936 Olympics?
  6. Explain Jesse Owens’ part in the Olympics
  7. Explain Hitler’s part in the Olympics
  8. Any other additional information or interesting facts?
WWII
  1. Brief explanation of why WWII began
  2. Give us a timeline of events by year--
  3. Explain Blitzkrieg
  4. How did the war end?
  5. Any other interesting facts--that relate to Nazi Germany or the Holocaust 
Hitler
1. Brief explanation/timeline of Hitler’s life that relates to why he persecuted the Jews
2. Hitler’s rise to power
3. Hitler’s later years (personal/his wife)
4. Hitler’s death
5. Hitler’s obsession with twins

Twins
1. Josef Mengle (what was his part in the twins experiments)
2. What types of experiments were performed?
3. What happened once the twins were taken?
4. What other “medical” experiments were performed by the Nazis?--not only on twins
5. Other types of experiments?
6. Why was Hitler interested in twins?
7. Any other interesting facts or information?
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